Stolen from the CF board....do you or would you bring dc to a "bar"

if it was open during the day and/or served food?

what is your opinion of this as actual possessors of the little darlings?

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I took my DD to a bar yesterday for brunch. I also took her to the bar where my husband used to bartend one night to meet the owner. We didn't drink, just stopped in. I have no problem with it, obviously.

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No, but I have a lot of family members who struggle with alcoholism so I am rarely in bars anyhow.

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My munchkins would not go.

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no way.

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I've taken my daughter to a bar/pub that had a restaurant area in it, but never at night, only for lunch or an early dinner. I would never take her to a bar at night, though. Especially not a bar that was solely a bar and not even a restaurant. But that's me.

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A bar that serves food, yes, my DS has been to more of these then I can count.

Last year when we were in Florida for DH's family reunion, the entire family goes out to dinner, and afterwards, we ended up at a tiki bar, and we didn't have a car, so of course we went. It was fine. We don't expect any special allowances to be made for our child and with 20+ adults, he was on his best behavior

ETA-He has also been in cruise ship bars and a 30th birthday party at a bowling alley at 10pm...I think that MOST of the time when people see kids at things like this it is because it is an event where there is not a sitter available. It most certainly is not my idea of fun to bring my kid to a bar

ETA-Obviously he has been to Hooters too

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Re: Stolen from the CF board....do you or would you bring dc to a "bar"

We do. There was a low key sports bar that we frequented before having DS. They have a bunch of booths and tables there. We LOVE their food, so we have gone there about 10 times since having DS.

But sitting him AT the bar? Hell no!

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I have no problem with it. Some of the places DH and I go to eat is a bar/restaurant. We brought Mason to Hooters once. A good friend of DH's is the bar manager there... hey, we got free food. LOL!

Also I want to add that sometimes it depends on where you live. A lot of my friends live in Hoboken or NYC where there are a lot of bar/pub/restaurants. During the day I've met up with friends and there were kids there. I didn't think anything of it. It was late afternoon. There was no wreckless drunk pple, wasn't a football Sunday or anything.

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Yes. In fact on Saturday we went into the city to an alumni gamewatch (watch UConn vs Texas) and brought the kids. My SIL met us with my nephew. There were a couple of other families there with kids. It was a bar/lounge type place. Served food. We had a great time and the kids were fantastic. I honestly see nothing wrong with it.

Would I bring them to Mulcahey's and stand at the bar - never.

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I replied on that thread...

I brought DS into a bar once when he was 6 weeks old. It was really more like a pub (Jackie Reilly's); we were there to watch a football game and eat. I might do it again, but I don't think so. I was worried about him the whole time because it was loud and then I had to deal with makiing him a bottle, etc etc...

If I was going to a bar to socialize and drink, no way, I'd never do it. I personally don't think it's appropriate. The only reason I ever considered it in the first place was because it wasn't a BAR setting, where we were sitting.

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a lot of bars are restaurants too so I dont see anything wrong with that at all! Both my kids have been so we can eat - lunch, or dinner! We gotta eat, don't we??? lol

AND if it is just me and my DH we will wait by the door before we are seated, but if we are with a group...they most often get a drink at the bar first so we obviously go with them to stand and wait there too!

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Yes, my son has been in bars that served food. In fact, his first two outings were at the same sports bar/restaurant, once for lunch and once for dinner.

Message edited 1/25/2010 2:00:40 PM.

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If we were going to go there for a meal, then yes, assuming that they have a seated area for regular dining (we have been to several of those in our area).

But if it was sitting in the bar area where there was only really drinking/appetizers around, no.

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Never at night, but say a place like Nappers that serves food during the day, and is open to all ages, yes. Especially on days like "smithtown day"

There is a local bar in KP, that like 20 of us, ages ranging from 23-60 would get together and hang out. Occasionally, someone would bring in their kids up and I couldnt care less. I was still young, single and not engaged. I would also curb my language just out of common decency if there was a child there, I didnt care that it was "an adult space", as an adult, I should be able to watch my mouth for a little while without it being a big deal.

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A bar that is also a restaurant and during the day, yes. A bar that is just a bar, or any bar/pub at night, no way.

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My kids have been in a "bar" twice. Both times my husband's band was playing.

First time was at a Fire Island bar during the day - so that was fine. Lots of families around.

The second time was Napper Tandy's in Smithtown & even though other bandmates had their kids there & he asked me to bring them to see him play, I was NOT comfortable. We didn't stay long. That was the last time. They can wait until he plays at our block party.

Bottles break, the dance floor gets slippery & fights break out. I don't need my kids in a place where it's ok for adults to be azzholes.

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Absolutely! I took DD to Sushi Samba when she was 2 weeks old (at 3:00- when the place was empty). When i was young, it was a great place to go out. Then I got older, and now its a great place to eat.

We live in the city and go to a ton of bars/pubs/grills. I take DD wherever we go. We often sit outside at cafes.

Maybe I have a hard time distinguishing a bar from a restuarant WITH a bar. I don't know. But almost every place in the city I go to has a bar, but also food.